multiple matching routes

Question

I\'ve got a backbone.js application that defines two controllers, and the controllers both define route patterns which match the location.hash. I\'m having trouble getting both

Answer 1

I haven't fully tested this yet, if you take a look at the Backbone.js source, you can see this at line 1449:

// Attempt to load the current URL fragment. If a route succeeds with a
// match, returns `true`. If no defined routes matches the fragment,
// returns `false`.
loadUrl: function(fragment) {
  fragment = this.fragment = this.getFragment(fragment);
  return _.any(this.handlers, function(handler) {
    if (handler.route.test(fragment)) {
      handler.callback(fragment);
      return true;
    }
  });
}

The any method will stop as soon as it matches a handler route (with the "return true"), just comment the return and the short-circuit will never happend, and all the handlers will be tested. Tested this with a marionette app with two modules, each one having it's own router and controller, listening same routes anb both fired up.